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State suspends licenses of two real estate agents (KVIA) - ALBUQUERQUE The state Real Estate Commission has suspended the licenses of Howard H. Bramer and Edith Gay Fox of Cloudcroft for misrepresentation and other violations.

McDonald's shareholder going public with push for real-estate shake-up (Centre Daily Times) - CHICAGO - The hedge-fund investor who bought a stake in McDonald's Corp. this fall is stepping up efforts to get the fast-food company to sell some of its real estate to drive up its stock price.

GMAC Commercial Mortgage Veteran Launches Real Estate Development Company (Real Estate News) - RISMEDIA, Nov. 11 — With more than 20 years of experience at companies including GMAC Commercial Mortgage (GMACCM) and Baird & Warner, CEO Adam Sharif brings deep real estate investment experience as well as entrepreneurial successes to Randolph Equities, a Chicago-based real estate development and capital firm.

SPECIAL REPORT: CoreNet Panel: In Spite of Everything, Real Estate Excelled in 2005 (Commercial Property News) - The panelists' mood was upbeat this week at the November luncheon meeting of the Chicago chapter of CoreNet. Robert Bach (pictured), national director of market analysis at Grubb & Ellis, characterizing 2005 as a remarkable year for commercial real estate.

Exec to speak on trends, opportunities in real estate (Westchester County Business Journal) - Tim Jones, managing director and partner at Robert Martin Company L.L.C., will speak about "Trends and Opportunities in Real Estate Investment" at the Westchester Board of Realtors Commercial and Investment Division's monthly breakfast on Nov. 17, at 8 a.m.

Mekkevi: Stock Market and Real Estate Sectors are Attractive in Turkey (Zaman Online) - Top level administrator at the Bank of Dubai, Ziyad Mekkevi, said Turkey presents “very attractive” opportunities in the stock market and real estate sectors.

NAR PULSE: Realtors® Raise Alarms Over Real Estate Tax Proposals (Real Estate News) - As President Bush’s advisory Tax Reform Panel completes its work, the board of directors of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® on October 31 formally voted to oppose proposals under consideration by the panel that NAR believes would drive down real estate values, have a devastating effect on the nation’s housing economy and negatively impact the nation’s economy.

Investment in UAE real estate sector: CBR to develop mechanism to tax outflow of money (Daily Times) - ISLAMABAD: The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has decided to put in place a mechanism for taxing the flow of the untaxed money from Pakistan to the real estate sector of United Arab Emirates, especially Dubai, an official told the Daily Times on Thursday.

Major real estate firms report strong earnings (Japan Today) - TOKYO — Robust office leasing business in the Tokyo metropolitan area pushed four major real estate firms' earnings higher in the six months through Sept 30, according to their business results released by Thursday.